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Read more about the article ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas: A Visit from Saint Nicholas
Photo Credit: Elizabeth Purdon

‘Twas the Night Before Christmas: A Visit from Saint Nicholas

  • Post author:Kathleen McKinnell
  • Post published:December 24, 2023
  • Post category:Coastal Journeys/Humour

Thanks to writer Terry Gowler for this spin on the Clement Moore classic poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas".  ‘Twas the night before Christmas at our house on the water,Not a…

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